- 1. Which country has the largest territory in the Arctic region?
A) United States
B) Canada
C) Norway
D) Russia
- 2. What is the name of the Russian archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean?
A) Maldives
B) Galapagos Islands
C) Franz Josef Land
D) Hawaii Islands
- 3. The Northern Sea Route is a shipping lane that passes through which ocean?
A) Arctic Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
- 4. What is the major threat to Arctic ecosystems due to climate change?
A) Forest fires
B) Polar vortex
C) Heavy rainfall
D) Melting sea ice
- 5. Which Russian explorer discovered the New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean?
A) Yakov Sannikov
B) Peter the Great
C) Ivan the Terrible
D) Catherine the Great
- 6. Which natural resource is abundant in the Russian Arctic region?
A) Gold
B) Oil and gas
C) Coal
D) Diamonds
- 7. Which Russian town is located at the southern end of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago?
A) Dikson
B) Kazan
C) Sochi
D) Ryazan
- 8. What is the capital city of the Russian Arctic region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug?
A) Yakutsk
B) Salekhard
C) Novosibirsk
D) Omsk
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